Physical abuse movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant physical abuse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing and psychological films and TV shows about / with physical abuse, brutality, violence, love, bullying, family relations, society, vengeance, psychological drama and coming of age plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as physical abuse: The Consolation (2017), Ken Park (2002), The Girl Next Door (2007), Teenage Angst (2008), Enough (2002), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), No One Would Tell (2018), The Disciple (2013), Aurore (2005), Karla (2006).
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Victim of vertigo and unexplained discomfort, Flavie, a television host, resolves to consult a psychiatrist. The latter suggests a test of the past that she would have concealed and proposes to browse together a photo-album of her childhood. The ...
Style:
serious, factual, bleak, suspenseful, brutal ...
Plot:
physical abuse, child abuse, psychiatric patient, psychoanalyst, coming of age, rape, mother daughter relationship, childhood memory, brutality, memories, violent man, violence ...
Place:
france
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32K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his ...
Style:
disturbing, sexual, sexy, art house, rough ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, sex, strong sexual content, explicit sex, underage sex, older woman younger man relationship, youth, incest, teenage sex, nudity, suicide, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, frightening, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, violence, victim, physical abuse, cruelty, helplessness, abuse, childhood, unsettling ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, new york, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
At an elite private Border School four students form a clique to sneak out of school after hours to meet, drink and play. By trying to escape the golden cage which their wealthy parents have stuck them in, they search for the Extreme. In the course ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
bullying, teen drug use, immorality, boarding school, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, lgbt, kids in trouble, youth, society, gay, teen angst ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to attract the attention of all the villagers, ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, sexual, suspenseful, mind blowing ...
Plot:
gender, gang rape, physical abuse, marriage, dowry, jealousy, greed, revolt, incest, society, social decay, dystopian future ...
Time:
future
Place:
india, asia
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51K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, coming of age, parents and children, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, pedophile, physical abuse, child molestation, sexual assault ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Laura Collins (Shannen Doherty), single mom to daughter Sarah (Matreya Scarrwener), has had a history of rocky relationships, so when Sarah begins dating the popular and charismatic Rob Tennison (Callan Potter), Laura is thrilled with what she sees. ...
Style:
bad ending, suspense, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
emotional abuse, abusive boyfriend, physical abuse, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, high school, murder, domestic violence, mother daughter relationship, toxic relationship, trial, best friend ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Disciple is set in the summer of 1939, when 13-year-old Karl arrives on an isolated island in the Baltic Sea to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond’s assistant. Hasselbond, however, turns him down because of his young age. Karl struggles ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, bleak
Plot:
lighthouse keeper, isolation, family relations, discipline, teenage life, bullying, friendship, family in crisis, youth, family problems, parents and children, favoritism ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the sudden death of her mother, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed step-mother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, depressing, art house ...
Plot:
child abuse, stepmother, abuse, stepdaughter, domestic disturbance, physical abuse, life is a bitch, family relations, society, parents and children, hidden truth, trial ...
Time:
1910s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
quebec, canada
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7K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
Style:
sexy, psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
abusive husband, rape, serial killer, domestic violence, sister sister relationship, rape victim, sex scene, murder, rough sex, erotic scene, making love, true crime ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
INDISCRETION Drama/Suspense USA. 85 min. 2006 A harrowing morality tale of past sins exposed and old wounds reopened. Two brothers have conflict over their abusive father, interconnects with a 12-year-old's fate that hinges on a prayer and a ...
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
child abuse, priest, girl, loss of son, car accident, physical abuse, letter, innocence lost, domestic violence, trauma, moral dilemma, grief ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
child abuse, childhood, brother brother relationship, physical abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, road trip, bullying, boy, children, coming of age, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
california, northern california, oklahoma
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style:
psychological, crying, gothic, serious, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental illness, suicide, coming of age, psychiatric ward, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, psychiatrist, borderline personality disorder, insanity, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1967, 60s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, rough, cerebral ...
Plot:
physical abuse, male rape, prison, anal rape, prison life, brutality, prison rape, confined, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, society ...
Time:
21st century
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14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
Style:
tense, serious, controversial, independent film, grindhouse ...
Plot:
boy, rebellion, corruption, rape, criminal, prison, humiliation, youth, prison life, juvenile delinquent, racism, revenge ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety zone before the "opposing force" captures them. Everything ...
Style:
homoerotic, retro, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
rape, nudity, bare chested male, female soldier, psychological torture, emotional abuse, sadism, physical abuse, female nudity, survival, isolation, island ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
Salatut elämät is a Finnish television series that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. It was the first, and so far only, Finnish daily soap opera.
During the series' 14-year run, over 2,500 episodes have been aired. On 17 August 2009, it ...
Style:
soap opera, brutal, absurd, social, suspenseful ...
Plot:
incest, adultery, neighbor, gay relationship, nervous breakdown, gay, family relations, social relations, human nature, morality, twists and turns, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In the menacing inferno of the old American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Style:
suspense, epic, brutal, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mute, church, obsession, sign language, violence, rape, father daughter incest, preacher, plot twist, religious, pedophile ...
Time:
19th century, year 2016, victorian era
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A former, troubled Major League Baseball player returns home to confront his abusive step-father.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, detective, controversial
Plot:
revenge, stepfather stepson relationship, baseball player, family relations, family reunited, relationships, family problems, dysfunctional family, stepfather, marital problem, eccentric family, physical abuse ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
TV show
Story:
Xia Xiao Tong leads a complicated life. Between a physically and verbally abusive mother and her rebellious best friend who is constantly getting into trouble, she has to work hard to focus on her dream of becoming a beautician. However, when a ...
Style:
dramatic, serious, captivating, romantic drama, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school, love triangle, friendship, teacher student relationship, physical abuse, teen romance, coming of age, relationships, male female relationship, love, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
After suffering years of mental abuse from her husband, Jules thinks she's finally free when a physical struggle ends in a fire that takes his life. However, she's soon pushed to the edge as she starts to believe she's seeing him at ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
abusive husband, female protagonist, abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, house fire, domestic abuse, male female relationship, family relations, social problems, relationships, pursuit ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A woman has a crush with a coworker and makes a ritual to make him fall in love with her, but things got a little out of hand when she messes with forces no one can control.
Style:
emotional, scary, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
curse, crush, affair, physical abuse, co worker co worker relationship, couple relations, male female relationship, murder, supernatural, violence, brutality, witchcraft ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in ...
Style:
sexy, independent film, psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, paranoia, mind control, escape, female protagonist, religion, sexualized violence, hippie, physical abuse, lake, home invasion, drugged ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new york state, new york, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style:
dramatic, realistic, psychological, motivational, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, emotional abuse, mentor, musician, teachers and students, drummer, follow your dream, desire for fame, musician's life, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, peru, new york, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"Half Moon" tells the story of a city gripped with fear because of a man killing prostitutes. When down on her luck prostitute Rose (Shellie Chapman aka Tori Black) goes to a hotel to meet a man who seems like the perfect guy things soon ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
violence, serial killer, werewolf, prostitute, fear, african american, physical abuse, pimp, terror, sex scene, customer, porn actress ...
Place:
kurdistan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Story:
Lily is a young woman stuck in a violent relationship with James whom she no longer loves. After several years of physical abuse, Lily has now become a silent and obedient victim who’s everyday task is to please James and submit to his demands and ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, intense, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
violence against women, domestic violence, boyfriend, female protagonist, physical abuse, abusive boyfriend, domestic abuse, toxic relationship, violence, social problems, social issues, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Major Charles Forsythe (Carradine) is a Vietnam veteran U.S. Army officer stationed near Rome. He is a brutal, if effective, commander who was "fragged" by his own men in Vietnam. When he is denied promotion because of the number of men ...
Style:
emotional, suspense, period drama
Plot:
revenge, running, domestic abuse, determination, physical abuse, marathon, grief, resilience, female protagonist, empowerment, recovery, competition ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, italy, vietnam
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, teen, neurotic ...
Plot:
mental illness, self harm, teenage girl, self mutilation, mother daughter relationship, bullying, therapist, physical abuse, female friendship, depression, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: New Zealand, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An Anglo-American indie rock band winds up stranded in Epecuén, where their internal conflicts and the bad luck of their tour quickly lose importance before the hell that awaits them.
Style:
slasher horror, slasher, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, rock band, survival, kidnapping, bloody violence, graphic violence, extreme violence, violence, physical abuse, violent, strong violent content ...
Place:
south america, argentina
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